The Osceola times., 1887-07-30
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
A LADY MINER.

A LADY MINER.
rbs story Of Mrs kerr's successIui MN
A.. Onerations - A sbrewd business
Woman.
"When was girl In Kentucky
was very fond of reading about mines,
and often wished that | could go West
and see them" said Mrs. Fannie a.
Kerr. who is reputed to have made
SlOO. 600 in mining operations in Colo
RADIO, to a New York Mail and Express
reporter "But my hopes and aspira.
tions about seeing mines were doome"
to disappointment until seven years
ago. Then l made investments that
started me In thoroughly. 1t was
about the time Of tho excitement at
Leadville, and was residing in Kan
sas City. Through friends ! pur'
chased interests in several claims In
Colorado but received no returns on
the investments until went to Denver
four wears ago. l settled in Denver
and went into the business generally.
| bought and sold and reinvested my
money as fast as received it. Some
times | owned only part of a claim ana
got nv share of the claim. One week
bought claim on Battle mountain
and sold it ont shortly afterwards at a
profit Of 5000. A great many ladies
In Colorado have interests in mines,
but nearly all of these have husbands
or brothers to look after them l
studied up on mining and learned how
to look after my own interests. by
this time have a pretty good knowl-
edge of mining in general and can not
be mised very easily. confess !
know little about stocks, and the only
mining stock / have is l,000 shares in
property | took for payment of an
account
ibid you go down into the mines
and live in the mining camps to famil-
iarize Yourself with the businessp'
"No. did not have to suffer any
hardships. lived in Denver and did
most of my business there. 1t was UNI
derstood that | had money. and min
crs would come to me who desired
money to develop their property. and
would sell me an interest for few
hundred dollars, that became, when the
mine was worked, worth many thou
sands have the greatest confidence
in the miners, whom l have found to
he very reliable and courteous. 1t re-
quircs deal H faith in mining, and,
do you know, see and feel, and have
that faith the miners have when they
think they are ON the right track. We
help each other out West, stake each
other. and have confidence in the in
tegrity of each other. The result is ,
man may be poor. but gets stake from
some one and find himself ricf
within few months. Once | helped
man out of a lawsuit at a cost OF ser
eral hundred dollars, and was not onl,
rewarded by large money returns, bu
by his lifelong gratitude"
Have many women besides your
self been lucky?"
Yes, but they are not as numerou
as men, of course. A lady friend o
mine, while on summer trip, foun'
an outcropping of ore on the surfac
and located claim which sold TO
$1,000. Mining for gold is a fine art
for in q whole ton Of earth you viii
probably get no more than an ounce @
gold ] know a lady who is fin
Judge of ores and resides in lovel
cottage with her husband near som
mines he owns. There is also lad
in Gunnisou County. Col. who own
and works large mine and gives
her personal supervision. She has he
own home. where she boards tn
miners and tends them in sickness
The wealthiest woman in Colorado
Mrs. Bishop lliff Warren, made he
own money in the cattle business, an
is how worth $40, 0,000,0 600. 1 hold tina
women have perfect right TO go int
the mining business, as well as tn
cattle or any other legitimate voc,
ton